Sensory neurons are key mediators of the transduction of external stimuli from the ear to the brain, essential for the sense of balance and hearing. Understanding when, where and how the sensory nervous system is assembled ...

Otic neuronal precursors are specified in the otic placode but interestingly do so only in the anterior domain of the otic placode, the proneural domain. In the present study, we have explored why only this territory has ...